Will D

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[Will D @WillyD411]

@ralulla @Austin2Jacobsen we got a new dog for @damonbenning

[Will D @WillyD411]

You sir are a complete idiot. You can be butthurt your friend got fired but dont go making crap out to make yourself feel better. Ryan and yourself are proof that just because you played the game doesn't mean you should be covering it in any way on tv

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

And nobody was watching NFL Live then.

Ryan Clark built NFL Live into the juggernaut it is today (along with Rutledge, Mina, and Spears), he didn’t *ideate* NFL Live, there’s a difference.

[Will D @WillyD411]

@ChasingSnyder Probably a good reason why DeAngelo isn't on TV lol

[Will D @WillyD411]

This what happens when you try to make yourself like Stephen A Smith and just say the dumbest nonsensical shit when it comes to sports to just have hot takes and get clicks. Don't usually celebrate ppl getting fired but he didn't deserve the platform at all.

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

ESPN has parted ways with Ryan Clark in what is the first of several layoffs expected to occur this week, per @AndrewMarchand.

https://t.co/M7iELD5XAu

[Will D @WillyD411]

@miladreaamy 45 kg

[Will D @WillyD411]

@JimHansonDC Its funny cause if Balogun did what 90% of soccer players do and flopped and acted like he was losing a limb this would have all been avoided. Tough price to pay for having integrity and not being a flopper.

[Will D @WillyD411]

The funny thing is if he played the European way and just flopped on the ground the moment the Belgian player cut him off and started contact we could have avoided all this.

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:

BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.

The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.

When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.

In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.

This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.

The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.

[Will D @WillyD411]

@GabLattanzio The fact that you whine asses refer to the play as him purposely stepping on someone's leg is insane. The Belgian player literally ran through Baloguns body and got stepped on. No clear intent of any kind and no red card should have happened.

[Will D @WillyD411]

@larssivertsen I need to understand what's so wrong about FIFA doing the right thing and correcting a massive mistake. This is the biggest sporting event on the planet right now but we shouldn't right wrongs because it hasn't happened historically? What sense does that make? Progress so bad?

[Will D @WillyD411]

@DaleJohnsonBBC It literally did with Ronaldo but that doesn't fit your US hate propaganda now does it?

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

Once you fully debunk the “technical justification,” the argument against Balogun’s reinstatement collapses to an irrational cling to normalcy:

“This has never happened before, therefore it is unfair.”

I can understand the gut reaction, but this is just as fundamentally illogical as the technical justification.

If we concede the red card was undeserved, why is it a bad thing for FIFA to adapt and correct a wrong? Is it preferable to deliberately allow an unjustified suspension to be carried out?

And why is it fundamentally unfair for this to be the first time they do it anyways? There is “legal” precedent; FIFA has the documented ability to review disciplinary measures and suspensions. Just because this scenario happened to play out at this stage of the tournament doesn’t change the fact that the red card was totally undeserved.

If there were another immediate example in this tournament of an egregiously incorrect card being applied that was NOT corrected by FIFA, then there would be an issue. But as it stands, there is simply no rational argument for why this should not be the first.

Of course, when you boil it down, the argument is not really about either the technical justification or the normalcy, but more that it’s just the USA that is the beneficiary. And I’m sorry to say, but if that is driving your sentiment, you need to get over yourself.

The facts of the matter are clear: this was an unjustified red card that should have been corrected, regardless of the team it was applied to. FIFA absolutely made the right decision, and the game and tournament is better for it.

[Will D @WillyD411]

I love that we admit the call is clearly wrong but are upset that the right thing was done. This tournament is once every 4 years we are gonna make a young man miss one of the biggest moments of his life because an inept ref broke the rules and red carded him? Nah fuck that

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🗣️ Thomas Tuchel gives his take on Balogun's suspension being lifted:

"To be clear, it was not a red card. VAR got involved. The decision is made."

"Who overturns this decision and when and on what grounds? It’s strange for me. We want consistency."

"I think it is not a yellow card, Declan Rice. Does France get the yellow card back for Michael Olise, which was not a yellow card?"

"Where does this start and where does this end? Do we appeal (Jarell Quansah red)?"

"Should Harry Kane ask President Trump? Maybe!"

[Will D @WillyD411]

Being TRANSPARENT and allowing Balogun to play was the only option considering the rules were broken in giving him a red card and it was not a red card offense regardless of how people want to paint it as such. Making the USA a villain for a stupid storyline...

[Will D @WillyD411]

Fair, honest and transparent....was it FAIR that the rules were broken using VAR to give the red card in the first place? Lets be HONEST, why would a sport allow a man that was under criminal investigation for fixing games specifically with red cards ref a game in the world cup?

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Statement from UEFA on FIFA overturning Folarin Balogun's one-match suspension:

"Yesterday's decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the
implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line."

"Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not."

"A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension."

"When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition."

"Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole."

"We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision."

[DNP Sports @notthefakeDNP]

All the Europeans coming on the timeline to say the Balogun suspension shouldn’t have been reversed.

[Will D @WillyD411]

@Footballtweet Did he have anything to say about Ronaldo having the situation? These other countries are straight up crybabies over this butt didn't care when they did it for Ronaldo.

[Will D @WillyD411]

@VerelstKarin He literally isn't even looking in the other players direction...the player tried to cut Balogun off and got stepped on in the process. He literally tried to run through him to get to the ball and that resulted in him getting stepped on.

[Will D @WillyD411]

@DiceElDani What about the integrity of the rule that clearly states they cant view the replay in slow motion like they clearly did to give him the red card? You weren't very upset about that were you?

[Will D @WillyD411]

@WhatTheForkAVFC They literally illegally used VAT to go back and give him a red card. The rules everyone is crying about were broken to give the red card in the first place

[Will D @WillyD411]

@FrancoPanizo In the US we like to beat teams at full strength and leave no doubt. Seems the remaining countries just want the easy way out....